Failures related to permissions issues

[sgtcoolguy]

We're wrapping calls to "npm uninstall -g package" with cocoasudo to prompt the user for their credentials. This fails at some point because we can't remove some hidden directory:

npm ERR! error rolling back Error: ENOTEMPTY, rmdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/acs/node_modules/.bin'
npm ERR! error rolling back [email protected] { [Error: ENOTEMPTY, rmdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/acs/node_modules/.bin']
npm ERR! error rolling back errno: 53,
npm ERR! error rolling back code: 'ENOTEMPTY',
npm ERR! error rolling back path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/acs/node_modules/.bin' }
npm ERR! Error: ENOTEMPTY, rmdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/acs/node_modules/.bin'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! [email protected]

Running the command under sudo works without this error. I'm not sure why it doesn't seem to be propagating permissions/rights down, maybe in a fork?

[henri]

I have seen the same problem. Have a look at the commands and output below:

• command 1 : "./cocoasudo crontab -u root -l"
• command 1 output : "crontab: must be privileged to use -u"
  • command 2 : "./cocoasudo whoami"
  • command 2 output : "root"

If you have any tips for how to resolve these issues that would be great.